Allied prisoners struggle to survive the rigours of a Japanese PoW camp, as a silver-tongued US corporal sets out to provide all manner of black-market supplies to his fellow inmates. But while he is a saviour to most of the men, his activities earn him the enmity of a strait-laced British soldier. Second World War drama based on James Clavell's bestseller, starring George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, John Mills and Denholm Elliott.